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Minecraft
Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release in 2009, it was formally released in 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles.
Undertale
Undertale is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface, some of which may engage in combat. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini–bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to appease monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and
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Terraria ( ) is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. As a sandbox game, Terraria has no set goals. After creating the player character and choosing the game's difficulty, the player is placed in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated world where they explore, fight enemies, gather resources, and craft equipment. Players beat bosses, a tougher variety of enemies, to gain access to more items, resources, and equipment. By completing select goals, players receive access to non-player characters (NPCs) who sell items and offer services, such as he
Stardew Valley
2016 indie farming simulation role-playing video game
Cuphead
Cuphead is a 2017 indie run and gun game developed and published by Studio MDHR. The game follows its titular teacup-headed character and his brother Mugman, as they make a deal with the Devil to pay casino losses by repossessing the souls of runaway debtors. In the game, up to two players control Cuphead and/or Mugman to fight through several levels and boss fights; the game does not have a rigid narrative structure. As the game progresses, the protagonist acquires more power and abilities, eventually facing the Devil. Players, however, can only equip a limited number of these abilities at a
Papers, Please
2013 border inspector simulation adventure game
Celeste
2018 video game
Super Mario Maker
2015 level editor video game developed by Nintendo EAD
Deltarune
Deltarune is an episodic role-playing video game by American indie developer Toby Fox. Set in a parallel universe to his 2015 game, Undertale, the game follows Kris, a human teenager predetermined to save the world alongside Susie, a monster, and Ralsei, a prince from the Dark World. Throughout the story, the party establishes relationships with a variety of allies and opponents.
Sonic Mania
2017 platform video game
Super Mario Maker 2
2019 level editor video game developed by Nintendo
Hotline Miami
2012 video game
Super Meat Boy
2010 video game
Dwarf Fortress
2006 roguelike management simulation video game
Omori
2020 horror role-playing video game
VVVVVV
VVVVVV is a 2010 puzzle-platform game created by Terry Cavanagh. In the game, the player controls Captain Viridian, who must rescue their spacecrew after a teleporter malfunction caused them to be separated in Dimension VVVVVV. The gameplay is characterized by the inability of the player to jump, instead opting on controlling the direction of gravity, causing the player to fall upwards or downwards. The game consists of more than 400 individual rooms, and also supports the creation of user-created levels.
Cave Story
2004 video game
Shovel Knight
2014 video game
Yume Nikki
Japanese doujin adventure game
Bendy and the Ink Machine
2017 horror video game
Balatro
Balatro is a poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by solo developer LocalThunk, and published by Playstack, rated PEGI 3 as of 2026. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 20, 2024, with a port to macOS on March 1. Ports for Android and iOS were released on September 26, 2024. A dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version was released on February 25, 2026. In the game, the player must score points by playing poker hands from a starting 52-card deck, with a limited number of hands and discards each round.
Fez
2012 video game
Octopath Traveler
2018 role-playing video game
Return of the Obra Dinn
2018 adventure video game developed by Lucas Pope
Mega Man 9
2008 video game
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
2015 video game
Vampire Survivors
2022 video game
Mega Man 10
2010 video game
Broforce
Broforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons (for example, John Rambo and Ellen Ripley – "bro" treated as a gender neutral term), rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.
Owlboy
Owlboy is a platform-adventure video game created by Norwegian independent developer D-Pad Studio. The game is notable for its long development cycle, which began in 2007, and was released in November 2016.
Dead Cells
2018 roguelike action platformer video game
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
2009 video game
Blasphemous
2019 video game
NES Remix
2013 compilation video game series
I Wanna Be the Guy
2007 video game
Dave the Diver
2023 video game developed by Mintrocket
Spelunky
Spelunky is a 2008 platform video game created by independent developer Derek Yu and released as source-available freeware for Microsoft Windows. It was remade for the Xbox 360 in 2012, with ports of the new version following for various platforms, including back to Microsoft Windows. The player controls a spelunker who explores a series of caves while collecting treasure, saving damsels, fighting enemies, and dodging traps. The caves are procedurally generated, making each run-through of the game unique.
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2023 video game developed by Square Enix and Acquire
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
2022 video game developed by Tribute Games
Unpacking
2021 video game
Thimbleweed Park
2017 video game
Doodle Champion Island Games
2021 browser game developed by Google
Ultrakill
Ultrakill is an upcoming first-person shooter game developed by Arsi "Hakita" Patala and published by New Blood Interactive. It was released on Steam through early access for Microsoft Windows on 3 September 2020. The game uses retro-style graphics reminiscent of video games from the early PlayStation consoles and combines modern movement mechanics like those of Titanfall and Doom Eternal with gameplay elements from action games like Devil May Cry.
Coffee Talk
2020 video game by Indonesian studio Toge Productions
Off
2008 video game developed by Unproductive Fun Time
Teslagrad
Teslagrad is a 2013 side-scrolling puzzle-platform game developed and published by Rain Games.
Inscryption
Inscryption is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S over the following two years. The game puts the player in a cabin where a mysterious gamemaster makes them play a tabletop game.
3D Dot Game Heroes
2009 video game
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
2010 video game
Risk of Rain
2013 video game
Axiom Verge
2015 video game
Signalis
Signalis is a 2022 survival horror video game developed by Hamburg-based rose-engine and published by Humble Games and Playism. The player controls a gynoid named Elster as she aims to solve supernatural mysteries after waking up in a hostile mining facility.
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2019 video game
VA-11 HALL-A
2016 video game
Dandara
2018 video game
Animal Well
2024 video game developed by Shared Memory
Downwell
2015 video game
Graveyard Keeper
2018 video game
McPixel
McPixel is an independently produced puzzle video game by Polish developer Mikołaj Kamiński (also known as Sos Sosowski) in 2012.
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2023 video game developed by Sabotage Studio